Antibody Stains Occludin Very Well

Pathology
Stanford
Graduate Student

Overall

Quality of Results

Ease-of-Optimization

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Company:

Invitrogen Antibodies

Product Name:

Occludin Monoclonal Antibody (OC-3F10), FITC

Catalog Number:

33-1511

We wanted to examine tight junctions in the gut in diseased vs healthy states, so we used this antibody to visualize the tight junctions between the intestinal epithelial cells

Experimental Design and Results Summary

Applications

Immunofluorescence

Sample

Mouse intestine

Primary Incubation

1:100 in 1% BSA in PBS overnight

Blocking Agent

5% goat serum in 1% BSA

Secondary Incubation

1:200 in PBS for 1 hour at room temperature

Tertiary Incubation

None

Detection

Confocal microscopy

Results Summary

The antibody stains the tight junctions in the intestine very well

DOI or PMID #

N/A

Additional Notes

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Summary

The Good

Stains occludin very well

The Bad

It is a mouse antibody, and it might take a bit of optimization with different fixation methods

The Bottom Line

The stain works really well, but might need a bit of optimization to get working

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